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September 1, 2023
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Dead Oceans
The band's second post-reunion album is a brilliant evolution that sees them incorporating electronics, post-punk, and even big pop melodies into their shoegaze sound.
Relentless
Parlophone / Rhino / Warner Music
Another potent, though more varied late-career highlight from Chrissie Hynde and her collaborators.
Rabbit Rabbit
Wax Nine Records
The band confronts the lingering aftermath of abuse with fierce, surprising songs full of novelistic lyrics and teeth-rattling guitars.
Club Romantech
Ultra Records
The duo's first album in a decade balances hooky songs and restless dancefloor movers with the flow of a well-curated DJ set.
Odeon Budokan
Reprise
Recordings from a 1976 tour capture Young in both a restrained solo set and a reckless, shambling rock set fully backed by Crazy Horse.
HELLMODE
Polyvinyl
The prolific and thoughtful pop-punk hero speaks his mind and boosts his production values on one of his best works to date.
Phantasmagoria in Blue
Mute
The veteran composer, producer, and musician teams up with an inspired newcomer for a dark, absorbing set of atmospheric duets.
Try for the Sun
Sundazed
A small and fascinating stash of previously unearthed mid-to-late-'60s demos and unreleased tracks from a duo of sunshine pop heroes.
Writing on the Wall
Alligator / Alligator Records
The celebrated blues guitarist's first album in four years finds him using his road band in the studio to excellent result.
Around the Bend
Propeller Sound Recordings
The second LP from the Athens, Georgia guitar army is a relatively experimental effort and the point where they literally found their voice.
Elegiac Beat
Felte
Touching on dub, trip-hop, R&B, and chamber pop, Robert Toher's fourth album brings more clarity and variety to his beautifully ominous music.
Complete Warner Recordings
Wounded Bird
This two-disc Wounded Bird comp assembles three important transitional albums in the iconic singer's career with bonus cuts.
Leos Janácek: Kreutzer Sonata; Intimate Letters; Pavel Haas: From the Monkey Mountains
BIS
Searing performances that walk the edge between program music and interior worlds.
Berlin Stories: Mendelssohn, Juon, Skalkottas
Chandos
Works by composers associated with Berlin, two of which will be new to most listeners.
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14; Six Verses of Marina Tsvetayeva
Chandos
Fine soloists are the highlight in a rather restrained late Shostakovich.
Handel: Water & Fire
PentaTone Classics
Cutting-edge Handel that may or may not become state-of-the-art.
Kenneth Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Chandos
Attractive orchestral scores with fine shadings receive appropriately careful performances.
Bach: Partitas & Sonatas BWV 1001-1006
Delphian
An exceptionally elegant, even delicate rendering of these iconic solo works.